Collar.



H. Y. SCOTT.

COLLAR. APPLIOATIONYI'ILED MAY 26, 1909.

960,720. Patented June 7, 1910.

Suva Ko:

unam.

HELLEN Y. SCOTT, OF QUINCY, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM OFAPALACHICOLA, FLORIDA.

COLLAR.

' To all 'whom it' may concern.'

Beit known that I, HELLEN Y. Scorr, a citizen vof the United States,residing at Quincy, inthe county of Gadsden and State of Florida, haveinvented a new and useful Collar, of which the following is a'specication.`

The' object of the present invention is 'to provide, in anapparelvcollar, a novel arrangement and construction of buttonholes andincidentallyT the invention aims tov pro- 4 same to such degree as torender the collar useless.

A still further object of the invention is to so arrange vthebuttonholesat the front of the collar that when in registration and whenreceiving a button shank therethrough,

the front endsof the collar will be firmly 'held against relativedisplacement so that the upper edge of the collar will'be perfectlyeven'l in front\and. the appearance of the collarwill bfpnateriallybettered.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Fig-ure l "is a perspective View of acollar constructed in accordance with the present invention,

. and Fig. 2 is a similaivieiv but of the inner side of the collaratJ-the front thereof show- 4ing the relativelocation of the buttonholesat the front ends of the collar when thc col# lar is in use and receivesthe shank of a button throughA the said buttonholes.

lVhereas, in the. accompanyingdrawings, lthe principle of the invent-ion1s illustrated as embodied in a turndown collar, it will be of coursereadily understood that theprinciple of the invention maybe embodied yin any other style or construction of collar so long as the collar issusceptible to such embodiment of the invention therein.

In the drawings, there is shown a collar of the turndown type indicatedbythe numeralv 5 and having an inner front tab 6 land an outer front tab7, it being understood that when the collar is applied to a shirt, the

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J l Application filed May 26,1909. Serial No. 498,435. i

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tab 6 Ais the first to be bananen to aieshirt.-|

collar and-after it has been sofattached, the

drawings, and is well known.

' In the ordinary constructionfan apparel collar, and

end of the collar at whichV the' tablis' lo-` .tab is buttoned tothecollar, the tab" 7 engaglnglbeneath the turned overI 'poitionmoff thecollar as is illustrated infF-ig" ofI the'" en d thereof and this'displacement ofltliejf said end of the collar notfonly renders the'hvcollar unsightly but' is'- uncomfortablealt v '70 is the object of thepresentfinvention, as

heretoforey stated, to `provide y.against this yf upward displacementofthe aforementioned a end of the collar with respect to; the last;y

mentioned end and they means for acc'om;r ,y phshing the result 1sembodledfin'aspecie form of buttonhole with: which-the 'collarfjfl isprovided.

At the rear, the collarisllformed .y

buttonhole which has a, portion 8. preferably. if

circular and of such'diameter Laste. leadilyr4 contacting with theedges.

downwardly vertically ancla-fin.,a,frad l rection from the saidlport-ion f8 is 4.' b'eingu-n i .iS y be engaged through*theportion.,8and ith'e,``

derstood that the headfvofatheg but-tonl ...they .,Qpeningf. and with aslit portion29.;which."`evtends{j 1,

ycollar is to then be yadjusted withrespetf., to the shirt collar soasto bring the.'shankl of the button tovpositionat Lthelow'erfeindw ofthe slit portion 9 ofthe buttonhole, brin' other words at the drawings.

The tab 6 of the collar is formed buttonhole which is identical in shapewith the buttonhole at the rear of the collar and which has its buttonhead receiving portion indicated by the numeral l0 and its slitporvpoint 0, in Fig. l of the tion by the numeral lland the tab 7 isalso lo() formed with a similar buttonhole. the button head receivingportion of which is indicated by the numeral l2 andthe slit portion bythe numeral 18. As is clearly shown in Fig.

2 of the drawings, the buttonhole in the t: l; 105

6 is displaced vertically with-respect to the buttonhole in the tab 7 tosuch degree that when the tabs are brought together, as when the collaris attached to a shirt collar, vthe slit portion 13 of the buttonhole inthe tab 110 with a g5 to; permit of'thefree passage ofthe-head.- of;

l register withfthe lowerledge 'of the ,buttonhole n tab is grasped andis'enaged with the' "shank of the button,

Fig. 2 of the drawings, by the numeral 14:, will be confined between thelower edgeof with respect to the shirt collarso as to bring the shank ofthe button tol position 'at the.

lower endl oj the slit .portion'Q'ofthe said After this has been done,the

button, the lhead 'of the ,Ilutton passing through the vbut-ton head.receiving portion 1,0 of` the buttonhole therein and finally the Atab 7is graspedand is pulled toward the 'right and the button head is allowedto engage through the button head receiving portion 12 of the buttonholetherein, it being understood that the-button shank-'will slip .along inthe slit portion 13 of the said buttonhole. in the tab jand will assumea position at the end of the said slit' portion 13 as clearly shown inFig. 2 'of the drawings. "When the collar is thus. applied, theindicated in thesaid the button head receiving portion of the buttonholeintheI tab 6 an tab 6 with the shank of the button, the

' tab will be securely held against u ward displacement with respect tothe tab, and consequently the lupper edge of the collar Vat j both endsthereof will be maintainedin the same plane and the appearance of thecollar- I' v will not only bematerlally bettered but'the same will berendered more comfortable to Wear.

It will be understood of' coursethat the I -Vprinciple of theinventionvmay be'embodied the slit portion'.v 13 of the buttonhole inthe tab 7, and that by reason of the engagement of the lower edge.v

inner tab having of the portion 10 of the buttonhole 1n the' in 'acollar made of any material such as cloth, celluloid, or the like andthat inasmuchas the button head receiving portions of the buttonholesare of such diameter as to permit readily the free vpassage of the headof, a button therethrough without engagingfthe edge of the said portionof the buttonhole, enlargement of the.buttonholes will be obvia-ted aswill also injury to the edges thereof. Furthermore, it willbeunderstood; that ya collar constructed in accordance with the presentinvention may be 'more readily applied to a shirt collar than theconstruction of collar now on the market and in ,general use.

' That isv claimed is 1 A turnover collar formed with buttonholes in itsfront tabs, adapted to register, and having each a portion 'of'suchdiameter as to permit of the free'. passage of the head of a button anda slit extending fronrthe said portion, the slits for the twobuttonholes extending in` the same direction, and

one of thelouttonh'oles being upwardly displaced lwith respect to theother, the button y head receiving portion 'of the inner one of thefront tabs'lbeing located between the end of the tab and the `verticaledge of the corresponding-end of the turnover portionl of the collar andthe-'button head receiving por. tion ofthe buttonhole .in the other orouter tab being located inwardly.- of the vertical edge .of thetu'rnover portion of' the collar at the other end, the button hole ofthe its slit portion extending ina direction away from'the end.- f thetab, and the button hole in the'outer ab having its slit portionextending in a direction to.- Wardthe end of the tab.`

- In testimony v my own, I havehereto aflixed my signature inthepresenceof two witnesses.

' `HELLEN. SCOTT.

Witnesses: Y

ANNIE L. SMITH, W. A. Soo'rr.

that I claim the foregoing as i

